It was the sister #7 Toyota that led the way for most of the session, as Jose Maria Lopez punched in a 3m28.290s early on, going a tenth faster than Loic Duval in the leading Peugeot 9X8. We were just one spot short it seemed like most of the day from being where we needed to be.That was almost two seconds up on the best time set in Sunday's official test day.

“The car had a tremendous amount of speed and handling pretty much from the drop of the green flag. “Our car was really, really strong, so fifth place just doesn’t cut it,” said Reddick, who led once for 28 laps. He said when he hit the wall with his Toyota, he “watched the life fade away” from his race car. The race was going well for Reddick before he spun off turn four and then later collided with Kevin Harvick on lap 358 and sent Harvick spinning through the frontstretch apron. The thing I love about racing is you get to show up and it’s a new opportunity, a fresh set of downs and you go out and compete.” “We’re hitting our stride,” Wallace said. He also finished second in the NASCAR All-Star race.

“I felt like I gave him a lot of room and a lot of respect, and he started mouthing off and saying a lot of bad things and cussing at me after he shot me the bird, so I just wasn’t gonna take that.”Īlmirola believes it’s over because he “got his point across” to Wallace.ĭespite the issues, Wallace now has four top-five finishes, including three straight, this season. “I just went by and asked him why you shot me the bird,” said Almirola, who finished 25th. Bubba Wallace and Aric Almirola on the pit road shove.

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